Forgiveness! I was experiencing a creative block so I hadn't updated my website for a week, but I have unclogged my brain and got down to some serious painterly scribbling, and really enjoying it too.

This might actually be a rabbit …

I’ve used my ink and watercolour as normal but I have introduced pastel in the background which I thought looks better than my normal confused approach.

I never thought of using pastel to cover large areas but looking at James Bartholomew’s work recently awakened me to the brilliant creative work produced in pastel.

After wasting a considerable amount of paper and time on producing work inspired by many different artists and expecting to make work similar to them, I got into quite a state and was stressing about where my own talents lie.

I had to push all influence out to be able to start making work I enjoy again, influence is good, obsessing is really bad.

Hi, I am a self-taught watercolourist from England, I started oddkness.com to serve me as a journal to discover who I was and where I stand as an artist.

My work is devoted to the glorification of animals, being deprived their companionship in childhood has led me to become even more enchanted by their existence. I hope you enjoy my posts, and if you do — don’t be a stranger, I’d love to hear from you.